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. 2024 Feb 28;34(9):5666–5677. doi: 10.1007/s00330-024-10644-4

Table 3.

Medication for cardiac CT

Medication Number of cases in total
N = 205,999
Frequency in total Number of cases in suspected CAD
N = 121,051
Frequency of cases in suspected CAD
Nitrates 49,471 24.0% 44,791 37.0%
Beta-blockers—oral 25,297 12.3% 23,087 19.1%
Beta-blockers—intravenous 24,469 11.9% 21,979 18.2%
Ivabradine 1097 0.5% 1066 0.9%
Sedation 556 0.3% 479 0.4%
Premedication for contrast allergy 416 0.2% 264 0.2%
Sodium perchlorate 62 0.03% 24 0.02%
Calcium channel blocker 19 0.01% 17 0.01%
Adenosine for myocardial perfusion study 15 0.01% 9 0.01%

CAD coronary artery disease. N number of patients in category

Medications are not mutually exclusive due to different indications